Thick dark clouds pressed down on the sky like lead, shrouding the entire valley in shadow. It was only evening, but there seemed to be no sunlight at all.

Compared with before, the rainfall now seems to be less, but being soaked in rain for a long time still makes people feel very uncomfortable.

In the dim forest, a man in a black military coat walked up the muddy hill, looked back at the village in the valley that had become a ruin, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

He turned around and continued to climb up the mountain, his eyes constantly scanning the surrounding soil and rocks, as if searching for something.

The mountain, which had been soaked in rain for a long time, was very soft. Once you stepped on it, it was easy to slip in the mud, or drop some stones and fall down the mountain.

This is not a mountain in a scenic area, with hard and neat stone steps, or a large platform for people to rest and enjoy the view. Here there are only rugged and winding mountain paths, and rainwater flowing like a stream.

Suddenly, he seemed to hear something and turned his head sharply.

I saw three figures struggling to climb up the path I came from. Deng Wei raised his head and shouted in a hoarse voice:

"Shen...Brother Shen! Please wait for us...We can't do it anymore..."

Shen Qingzhu frowned tightly, "You? Why are you here?"

"Brother Shen, others may not understand you, but don't we understand you?" Li Liang smiled, "You said you wouldn't come, but in fact you definitely wouldn't listen to the instructor's words, and you would definitely come secretly to find the girl's parents..."

"So, we took the opportunity to go to the toilet in the mountains and slipped out," Li Jia continued.

Shen Qingzhu stared at them covered in mud, and after a moment he started to curse: "Damn it, don't act like you know me. I just sat there for a long time, so I came out to relax..."

Deng Wei and the other two walked to Shen Qingzhu with a smile and looked around. "Brother Shen, how should we divide the work? Just arrange it!"

Shen Qingzhu: ...

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and after a long pause, he spoke faintly: "Our vision is not good now, so we can't be too scattered. We should keep a distance of five meters from each other and search bit by bit."

"Okay, Brother Shen!"

"...When you came here, no one discovered you, right?"

"Don't worry, Brother Shen." Deng Wei patted his chest confidently, "We walked very carefully, there's no way anyone would find us."

"That's good."

…

Village No. 1, village entrance.

Lin Qiye, wearing a black military coat, leaned against a big tree, staring at the mountains in the distance that were gradually plunging into darkness, his eyes slightly narrowed.

Baili Pangpang hurriedly ran out of the dilapidated house in the village, came to Lin Qiye's side, and said hurriedly:

"Qiye, I don't know where Shen Qingzhu ran off to. Deng Wei, Li Jia, and Li Liang said they were going to the bathroom, and they haven't come back yet. The instructor said they might have secretly gone to search for Yaya's parents."

Lin Qiye glanced at him and said helplessly: "It's not possible, they just went to search and rescue."

Baili Pangpang was stunned, "How do you know?"

"I saw with my own eyes that Deng Wei and the other two sneaked out of the village and headed straight for the mountains."

"…"

"Then why didn't you stop them?"

"I can't stop them." Lin Qiye shook his head. "If Shen Qingzhu goes, they will definitely go. Instead of making trouble for both sides, it's better to turn a blind eye."

Baili Pangpang sighed and looked towards the dark mountain. After a while, he spoke uncertainly:

"It's so dark, I hope nothing will happen to them..."

Lin Qiye remained silent.

"Qiye, what do you think...how about we sneak out and help them?" Seeing that Lin Qiye didn't respond, Baili Pangpang spoke tentatively again.

Lin Qiye smiled helplessly, "Don't test me. I will definitely help, but it's definitely not okay to rush into the mountains like them. We still need to be methodical."

"Method? What other methods are there?" Baili Pangpang asked blankly.

"Why do you think I have been sitting here all the time?" Lin Qiye said calmly.

He looked up at the gradually darkening sky and stretched out a finger. Several bats flew from the sky and circled around him. At the same time, dense swarms of insects emerged from the soft soil and surrounded Lin Qiye.

Lin Qiye is like their king.

When Baili Pangpang saw this scene, his mouth opened in shock.

"Not even close, the quantity is not enough." Lin Qiye shook his head slightly, "The night needs to be thicker..."

…

In the dark village forest, four figures formed a square, holding flashlights, searching slowly and carefully.

While in the car, the instructor distributed flashlights to each rescue team, especially the teams that were heading into the deep mountains. Flashlights were not distributed during normal extreme training in order to train their ability to adapt in the dark, but now was not the time for training.

Without these flashlights, the four of them would have been running around in the jungle like blind men groping in the dark. If they were not careful, they might even get lost in the forest. Not to mention saving others, they would also have to sacrifice themselves.

"Brother Shen!" Suddenly, Li Jia seemed to have discovered something and shouted, "Here!"

Shen Qingzhu immediately ran to Li Jia's side and looked in the direction of the flashlight. He saw a worn-out women's sneaker lying in the muddy soil and rocks.

"It's stuck in the mud, and there's no sign of drying. It should have been left here after the mudslide." Shen Qingzhu's eyes gradually lit up.

"So... this might be Yaya's mother's shoes? She's not dead?" Li Jia widened his eyes.

"It's possible!" Shen Qingzhu said firmly, "Spread out and search around here to see if there are any other clues."

After finding the dropped women's shoe, the morale of the four people was immediately boosted. They searched carefully in all directions with the shoes as the center.

Li Jia walked slowly on the slippery mountain road. The beam of the flashlight kept shaking on the ground around him. He looked up into the distance. They were now very far away from the village and could not see the village at all.

He lowered his head and continued searching.

Rustle...

Suddenly, a slight sound came from the side. Li Jia was startled, a hint of joy appeared in his eyes, and he shone the flashlight to the side.

I saw a man carrying an axe walking leisurely towards here on the mountain road not far away.

"You, are you Yaya's father?" Li Jia asked excitedly.

"Ya Ya? I don't know any Ya Ya." The man smiled, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth. He looked Li Jia up and down with his narrow eyes.

"But you, little kid, have a pretty mature head. It's time to pick it."

In the light of the flashlight, a grim smile appeared on the corner of the man's mouth, and the axe on his shoulder was swung out instantly, and the light flashed!

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